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Infantry vs Halfpike - What's the difference?

infantry | halfpike |

As nouns the difference between infantry and halfpike

is that infantry is soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (eg airborne) while halfpike is (military) a short pike, sometimes carried by officers of infantry, sometimes used in boarding ships; a spontoon.

infantry

English

Noun

(wikipedia infantry) (infantries)
  • Soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (e.g. airborne).
  • (uncountable) The part of an army consisting of infantry soldiers, especially opposed to mounted and technical troops
  • A regiment of infantry

    • Derived terms

    * infanteer * infantryman * light infantry * marine infantry * mechanized infantry * mounted infantry

    halfpike

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (military) A short pike, sometimes carried by officers of infantry, sometimes used in boarding ships; a spontoon.
    • (Tatler)
    (Webster 1913)